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April 7, 1936. c. E. ANDERSON SLIDE Filed Dec. 10, 1932 INVENTOR WM BY I I ATT NEY.

Patented Apr. 7, 1936 UNlTED STATES SLIDE Carl E. Anderson, East Orange, N. J., assignor to Eastern T0018; Mfg. 00., Bloomfield, N. J.

Application December 10, 1932, Serial No. 646,641

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved slide for use on the straps of garments such as overalls and on suspenders.

The objects of the invention are to provide a Slide into and through which the garment strap can be easily and quickly threaded, to firmly grasp the strap after tension is appli d to the strap to bind it in place, to prevent the loosening of the grip on the strap when tension on the strap is relaxed, to provide a slide that can be economically manufactured to seat the strap into place in the slide so that the strap remains flat and does not bunch toward the centre under oblique or excess strain and one that can be released quickly when the removal or adjustment of the strap is desirable.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a face View of a slide made according to my invention and 2 shown as combined with a button loop. Figure 2 is a section on line 22 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a front view of the top part of the slide shown in Figure 1 but with the strap in place and grasped by the slide. Figure 4 is an enlarged section on line 44 in Figure 3. Figure 5 is a face view of a slide of modified form. Figure 6 is a face view of another modification.

I show slides made of wire but it will be evident that stamped pieces can also be used in the construction of the slide. The form shown in Figures 1 to 4 include a wire forming a top bar with ends l0 bent down and thus forming two side bars I l and I2 which are then bent inwardly at the bottom to form the bottom bars l3 and are then further extended to form the button loop [4. The button loop can be of any desired form or it can be made to suspend articles by means other than buttons.

The cross bar I5 is slidably supported at its ends IE on the side bars H and I2. The top bar has an inwardly extending part in the form of a projection ll. The part I! projects inwardly a distance greater than the width of the cross bar l5. Normally, these parts, the top bar I0,

the projecting part ll, the bottom edge l8 and the slide l5 are in the same plane, 1. e. the plane of the slide. The wire is round wire, by preference, to form the rounded bottom edge l8 which makes it easier to slide the cross bar up and thus behind the projection IT.

The strap I9 is threaded through toward the 7 front between the part I! and the cross bar l5 and then back under the cross bar 15. The loop thus formed is then jerked or pulled upwardly. The resiliency of the material is sufiicient to enable the strap material, such as denim, to force the loop part I! forwardly and cross bar l5 downwardly until the bottom bar 20 of the projecting part I1 snaps under the cross bar IS. The assembled parts are shown in Figures 3 and 5 4. The projecting part l'l not only tightly presses on the strap but also acts to spread the strap toward the side edges. The spaces 2| receive the material at the sides, the strap bulges slightly as at 22 and the strap can not gather at the 10 center under excessive or oblique pulls on the strap.

I show in these Figures 1 to 4, a cross bar with a cross section having flanges 23 similar to an I-beam and loosely looped around the end 16 strands H and I2 to provide a free sliding fit.

When the strap is to be adjusted or removed, the cross bar is pulled down until it clears the projecting part ll of the top bar and the strap is thus released. To again secure the strap the cross-bar is again pulled up into proximity with the top bar until the parts I! and I5 overlap. When so pulled the strap acts with a wedge-like or cam action to bend the part I! and the cross bar l5 out of alignment to enable the bar l5 to 25 be seated as shown in Figure 4.

In Figure 5, I show a modified form with a top bar having a central depressed part 23 which is rounded in addition to having a rounded bottom edge due to the round wire. The part 23 a is connected by slightly depressed parts 24 to the ends of top bar. This form provides the spaces 25 to receive the slightly bunched side edges of the strap when the strap is spread and flattened at the centre by the part 23.

In Figure 6, I show another modification in which the projecting part 26 is shown on the cross bar IS. The part 26 rides up behind the top bar when the loop of the strap is secured in place. These parts also securely bind the strap by lateral pressure and also provide the spaces 28 at the sides for the accommodation of the slightly bulged side edges of the strap which is spread by the part 26 bearing on the top bar I0 45 when the cross bar is slid up in proximity to the top bar.

When round wire is not used the rounded bottom edge, as at l8, can be formed by crimping the material of either the top bar, the cross bar 50 or both.

The projecting part I! has its bottom part 20 connected to the ends ID of the top bar by curved or inclined parts 29 in preference to sharp angles as it has a better spreading action on the 55 strap when the cross bar is slid up into grasping position as in Figure 3.

While the cross bars [5 have been described as being slid upwardly to grasping position this term is used for clearness of description and it will be evident that lateral or downward movement is also embraced in this term which is applied to the slides as positioned in the drawing.

The cross bar I5 may be made as shown in Figure l with the projecting flanges'at the top and bottom edge or it can be made with equivalent flanges on one of the edges. It can be made plain as shown in Figure 5 or it can be provided having a. top bar and. parallel side bars, the top bar having an inwardly bent central portion forming a central gap, and a cross bar, narrower than the height of the bent portion of the top bar, slidable on the side bars and lying normally in the plane of the frame when in unclamped position, the cross bar being slidable to a position at the top of the frame with its bottom edge slightly above the bottom of said central portion, thus clamping a strap and bar in holding position and maintaining the central part of a strap flat across the gap and against the slidable bar, the inwardly bent central portion being bent out of the plane of the frame when the slidable bar with a strap wrapped therearound is forced into clamping position.

CARL E. ANDERSON. 

